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To: carranza2 who wrote (681983)	4/19/2019 8:02:19 AM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 793750

You penetrated to the nub of the matter. A probably unanswerable question - what stopped the plan from coming to fruition? Is Mueller essentially an honest and honorable man? Of did the bull in the china shop cow him? Trump doesn't seem to have any powerful allies but maybe there are some under the surface? Did the swamp creatures step back from the precipice because they are terrified of the lefty loonies in charge of the democrat party.

To: carranza2 who wrote (681983)	4/19/2019 9:12:51 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 793750

That's what I have said for years on Edward Snowden ((In other words, is it a crime to obstruct the commission of a crime perpetrated by governmental actors usurping their judicial or investigatory powers? I would think not. I would think that such an action should constitute a perfect defense to an obstruction charge. Obstructing such a proceeding should be applauded, not punished.) I'm pleased to see my brilliant legal analysis has a lawyer's agreement. Nor did Snowden need to comply with an illegal agreement to keep crimes secret . He should return to the USA and sue the bastards. Mqurice

To: carranza2 who wrote (681983)	4/19/2019 10:18:16 PM
From: Thomas M.	7 Recommendations Recommended By alanrs Bruce L DMaA Joe Sixer locogringo and 2 more members Respond to of 793750

<<< ... Attorney General William Barr and special counsel Robert Mueller apparently have a fundamental disagreement over whether a president can be charged with obstruction of justice if he merely engaged in an act authorized by the Constitution but with an improper motive. Barr takes the view - a view that I have argued for many months - that the act requirement of a crime (actus reus) cannot be satisfied by a constitutionally authorized action of the president, such as firing FBI Director James Comey. Mueller takes the view that a constitutionally authorized act can be turned into a crime if it is improperly motivated. Mueller's view is extreme and dangerous to civil liberties because it creates pure thought crimes. According to Mueller, the corrupt motive is the crime because surely the constitutionally authorized act cannot be criminal. The implications of this view for all Americans are frightening ... >>> thehill.com Tom